The Hon Tony Abbott MHR - Media Items
Listed below are media items for The Hon Tony Abbott MP, Former Minister for Health and Ageing
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Previous MinistersJune 2005
29 June 2005
Government provides support for remote community
One of Australia's most remote Indigenous health services will receive more than $2 million to continue two health programs and to build new health worker accommodation.
29 June 2005
New report on the state of our public hospitals
The state of our hospitals report has been published and it is an important way to promote transparency and accountability for expenditure and care in public hospitals.
28 June 2005
New health check for Indigenous children
The Commonwealth Government has announced a new Medicare-funded annual Indigenous health check for children from birth to 14 years of age.
28 June 2005
Government provides free hepatitis A vaccine to Indigenous children
The Commonwealth Government will provide free hepatitis A vaccine for all Indigenous children aged five years and under living in Queensland, the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia from 1 November this year.
27 June 2005
Pilot testing program for chlamydia
The Australian Government is providing $12.5 million over four years for increased awareness, improved surveillance and a pilot testing program for chlamydia.
24 June 2005
Red Nose Day – 24 June 2005
Over the past 15 years education and public awareness campaigns have helped to significantly reduce the number of deaths from SIDS.
17 June 2005
Launch of the Fifth National HIV/AIDS Strategy
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, has launched the Fifth National HIV/AIDS Strategy at the HIV/AIDS Research Round Table, Marriott Hotel, Sydney.
17 June 2005
Launch of the Fifth National HIV/AIDS Strategy
The Commonwealth Government has released the Fifth National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
15 June 2005
Special payments for some PBS medicines
In March this year the pharmaceutical industry agreed that new generic medicines entering the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) after 1 August would list at 12.5 per cent below the current benchmark price.
09 June 2005
Government expands Medicare for the chronically ill
The Government is introducing new Medicare items to replace the existing Enhanced Primary Care Items.
08 June 2005
New after-hours GP clinic at Northern Hospital
A new after-hours bulk-billing GP clinic at the Northern Hospital in Melbourne is now open and providing medical services to people living in the northern suburbs.
08 June 2005
Infrastructure funding for medical research
The Commonwealth Government is boosting its support for medical research through a $13.4 million funding injection to twenty independent medical research institutes across Australia.
06 June 2005
Getting the smaller things right
Speaking notes for the Fourth Private Health Insurance Summit in Sydney, 6 June 2005.
06 June 2005
Healthcare workers to receive flu pandemic guidance
The Commonwealth Government publishes a new information kit for frontline health workers in preparation for a possible influenza pandemic.
06 June 2005
Preparing for an influenza pandemic - the plan
The Commonwealth Government has released the Interim Australian Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza, which is a detailed national action plan to guide Australia’s response to any global outbreak.
03 June 2005
Launch of Coffs Harbour Rural Clinical School
Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, and Member for Cowper, Luke Hartsuyker, have officially opened the University of New South Wales Coffs Harbour Campus Rural Clinical School.
03 June 2005
National exercise to test avian influenza preparedness
Agriculture Minister Warren Truss and Health Minister Tony Abbott have announced that a national exercise to strengthen Australia’s preparedness to tackle an outbreak of avian influenza will be held later this year.
02 June 2005
New Medicare items for optometry
The Australian Government has introduced new Medicare item numbers to improve eye care for people with low vision.
02 June 2005
Road map for HealthConnect
Implementation of the national system of electronic patient health records, HealthConnect, has moved a step closer with the release of two key documents to guide future development.
01 June 2005
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listings extended
The Commonwealth Government will provide swifter and wider access to drugs for brain tumours and rheumatoid arthritis.